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Immediately recognizing her potential, Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman signed and paired her with legendary producer Eddie Kramer. The pair’s chemistry resulted in a remarkable record that birthed an instant Top Ten hit, “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” a potent statement about marriage that, in the era, doubled as a feminist statement. Simon’s star-making self-titled album went on to garner critical acclaim and two Grammy nominations, including an award for Best New Artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD brings audiophile-caliber warmth, closeness, and realism to the exquisitely crafted music. Simon’s even-keeled voice assumes a clearer, more intimate quality. Instruments come into view via well-defined imaging and accurate tonalities. Balances are sharper than on prior editions, and the emotionalism enhanced. Soundstages, too, are broader and deeper, benefitting from a meticulous mastering process that opens up the dynamics and lets everything breathe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first time, Kramer’s production gets the opportunity to truly shine. Boasting stellar sonics and gorgeous subtleties, this SACD is tailor-made for relaxing listening sessions with a glass of wine at arm’s reach. It also places Simon’s lyrical arc about moving from living a carefree youth to entering adulthood—and the doubts, curiosities, heartbreaks, vulnerabilities, and anticipations that accompany the transition—in greater relief. Melodic counterpoints provided by the scored orchestrations, steel guitar accents, and hybrid pop-jazz progressions further amplify Simon’s emotional reach. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile Simon achieved greater commercial success with successive releases, rarely did she again sing with the kind of nuanced character, understated poignancy, and outstanding control present here. Before evolving into one of rock’s premier singer-songwriters, Simon used her eponymous debut as a standout platform to showcase the art of vocal intricacies and phrasing. Coupled with the record’s nimble arrangements and narrative palette, the performances elevate\u003cem\u003e Carly Simon\u003c\/em\u003e to a level on par with the artist’s breakout \u003cem\u003eNo Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHotcakes \u003c\/em\u003ealbums.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimon’s instinct for introspection can’t be denied. She approaches the material in strikingly personal fashion. A majority of songs concern a young woman’s reflections on development, expectations, disappointment, individuality, and romance. Chronicling human changes and growth, the singer explores the peaks and valleys between highs and lows with candid eloquence and bittersweet beauty that foreshadow what’s to come. 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On this collectible edition of I Walk The Line, the trio's steady, fundamental rhythms and fresh, driving beats resonate with a presence, solidity, and immediacy unavailable on any other Cash recording. Such are the advantages associated with going back to mono, which gets right to the core of the rough-and-tumble country tenor of songs such as \"Folsom Prison Blues\" and \"I Walk The Line\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a profound release of more textures, embedded details, and lively cohesiveness, with the group enmeshed with rather than separated from Cash's vocals. Key instrumental and vocal contributions from the likes of the Carter Family, steel guitarist Don Helms, pianist Floyd Cramer, and trumpeters Bill McElhiney and Karl Garvin (the same duo who played the signature Mexican-inspired brass refrain on \"Ring Of Fire\") also come to the fore, no longer buried or artificially panned in the false stereo mix. 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The tune hit Number One on the Billboard Country charts and stayed there for six weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoupled with other new fare (e.g., the sly \"Bad News\" and gospel-bent closer \"Troublesome Waters\") and his ensemble's chemistry and in-the-moment enthusiasm, a byproduct of the momentum that witnessed the singer\/guitarist and company attain crossover fame, and the reprised music helps make I Walk The Line a benchmark Columbia set - and a Cash milestone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52799674450195,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/9879\/files\/MoFiSACD-JohnnyCash-_IWalkTheLine_-DOUGLASHIFI.jpg?v=1765550580"},{"product_id":"mofi-sacd-cannonball-adderley-somethin-else","title":"MoFi SACD - Cannonball Adderley \"Somethin' Else\"","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"multicolumn-card__info-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product__music-format\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUDSACD2270\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cust__below_content_prod_data\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cust__below_content_prod_nav\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs-contents\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cust__below_content_prod_description tab-content is-active p-0\" id=\"tab-description\" data-tab=\"tab-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCannonball Adderley's Lone Blue Note Album Features Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Sam Jones, and Hank Jones: \u003cem\u003eSomethin' Else\u003c\/em\u003e Has Reference Versions of \"Autumn Leaves\" and \"Love for Sale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Presents 1958 Landmark in Definitive Sound: Includes Bonus Track, \"Allison's Uncle\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulian Cannonball Adderley's only Blue Note album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomethin' Else\u003c\/em\u003e, would likely forever be famous in music lore if just for the presence of Miles Davis. The iconic composer\/trumpeter steps into the role of sideman on the 1958 set, one of just a handful of times he'd make such a move after the calendar passed the mid-1950s. Yet evaluating\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomethin' Else\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estrictly on Davis' involvement misses the big picture. Plain and simple, Adderley's jubilant work remains a jazz landmark due to the chemistry of its Hall of Fame personnel, enthusiasm of its participants, and sophistication of its arrangements – not to mention the reference-grade production and inclusion of the definitive renditions of two jazz standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in a mini-LP-style gatefold sleeve, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD pays tribute to the record's merit and includes the bonus track \"Allison's Uncle.\" This collector's edition provides a clear, transparent, ultra-dynamic, and up-close view of a cornerstone effort that witnesses Adderley and Davis sharing horn duty alone for the only time in their fabled careers – an arrangement that occurred as a result of Adderley having joined Davis' sextet a year prior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat vibrancy reveals itself openly on a reissue that provides full-range reproduction of an ensemble that also includes pianist Hank Jones, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Art Blakey. Each and every snare hit, downbeat, and cymbal splash registered by the latter take on realistic proportions, blooming and decaying as they would in front of you on a stage. Jones' foundational bass lines register with uncommon depth and palpability, the litheness of the strings and fullness of the instrument epitomizing rhythm. Stellar, too, are the surefooted 88s. Sublime in scale, tonality, and attack, with the delineation such you can practically separate the white and black keys in your mind. As for that liquid interplay between Adderley and Davis? Lifelike in timbre, naturalism, purity, and presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor reasons that extend far beyond the outstanding playing and flawless repertoire,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomethin' Else\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a record you'll always want to watch and hear come together. As veteran critic Bob Blumenthal observed writing about the album four decades after its release: \"The instant rapport achieved by the quintet is thus the product of much shared and common history, though the tensile strength that they create throughout created a totally unique feeling that can be attributed to the sensitive musicianship of all concerned, including the supposedly hard bopping leader and drummer.\" Such emotion courses throughout every passage, and no where more obviously than on \"Autumn Leaves\" and \"Love for Sale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interpretations of the Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter songs, respectively, on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomethin' Else\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave long been considered part of jazz's alluring mystique. Adderley and Davis bring contrasting approaches to the table yet sound of a singular mind on \"Autumn Leaves,\" with the latter's muted trumpet and the headliner's lush alto saxophone dovetailing into a performance that endures as a blueprint for expression, counterpoint, sophistication, fluidity, and linearity. Blues, melody, and romance pour from their horns. Their bandmates, picking up on the intimate vibe and calm mood – as well as on the spry, head-over-heels spirit of \"Love for Sale\" – join in on the conversation with sharp economy and float-on-air roundedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot to undersell the other three numbers, all deserving of five-star status. Twelve measures in length, the title track offers a slow burn in swing. Written by Adderley's brother, Nat, the 12-bar \"One for Daddy-O\" transmits funk flavors. The closing \"Dancing in the Dark\" pops with lushness and temptation, its stream of bold colors and understated textures calling for a moonlight twirl, or at least fantasies suggestive of a memorable night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomethin' else, indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52799699714323,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/9879\/files\/MoFiSACD-CannonballAdderley_Somethin_Else_-DOUGLASHIFI.jpg?v=1765551477"},{"product_id":"mofi-sacd-stone-temple-pilots-tiny-music-songs-from-the-vatican-gift-shop","title":"MoFi SACD - Stone Temple Pilots \"Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\"","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"multicolumn-card__info-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product__music-format\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUDSACD2294\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cust__below_content_prod_data\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cust__below_content_prod_nav\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs-contents\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cust__below_content_prod_description tab-content is-active p-0\" id=\"tab-description\" data-tab=\"tab-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStone Temple Pilots Go Glam and Get Psychedelic on \u003cem\u003eTiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\u003c\/em\u003e: Includes “Big Bang Baby” and “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperience the Double-Platinum 1996 Album in Audiophile Sound for the First Time on Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf great art, as many believe, is inherently polarizing, then the Stone Temple Pilots’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e easily ranks as the California-based band’s finest album. Simultaneously celebrated and castigated upon release in spring 1996, the group’s third full-length finds vocalist Scott Weiland and company expanding their “grunge” palette with a smart blend of glam rock, psychedelia, jangle pop, and other related styles. Having benefited from long-view reassessments that shed the biases and meanness of initial criticisms, the double-platinum effort is now largely and rightly seen as a creative masterwork. All the more reason why it deserves reference-grade production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents it in revealing audiophile sound. Benefitting from insightful clarity and balance, the collectible edition plays with levels of separation, imaging, and dynamics that further raise the profile on what the quartet accomplished on an album recorded at Westerly Ranch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a sprawling location north of Santa Barbara, CA, where a 25,000-square-foot mansion and surrounding property turned into an exploratory canvas for the band’s ambitions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOverseen by producer Brendan O’Brien, Stone Temple Pilots used bedrooms, hallways, bathrooms, and the lawn to capture a broad blend of textures, spaciousness, and ambience that helped underline the group’s obvious (and somewhat unexpected) leap from normal “alternative” status to an artist whose aspirations went beyond that of many of its contemporaries. You can hear the multitude of details and tonalities with previously unattained transparency, presence, and scope on this reissue, which also delivers the impact and punch every rock record deserves. Another tremendous asset: The depth, grain, and pitch of Weiland’s voice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor all the contagious choruses and glossy melodies that help make \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sparkle, the vocal performances of the late singer arguably rank as the best that the much-missed Weiland committed to tape. None other than the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewho, like many peers and critics, felt a pressing need to reevaluate the record as both time marched on and the self-importance attached to the “alternative” scene faded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epraised Weiland’s efforts by noting: “[Like] Bowie can and does, it was Scott's phrasing that pushed his music into a unique, and hard to pin down, aesthetic sonicsphere.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmooth and diverse, those traits are everywhere on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. From the clever combination of emotional closeness and distance he brings to the catchy albeit ultimately melancholic “Lady Picture Show”; to the lounge-fly balladeering that causes “And So I Know” to lightly swing akin to a bleary-eyed house band’s final number at a 4 A.M. bar; to the effortless cool and laissez-faire casualness he articulates on the grinding “Pop’s Love Suicide”; to the dimensional raspiness, defiant energy, and let-loose wail that sail through the crunchy “Big Bang Baby.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe latter tune, the record’s first single and per Weiland a conscious attempt by the band to deconstruct its prior approaches, clearly borrows from the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” Because of it, the song drew all kinds of barbs from naysayers. Their disdain extended to most material on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which indirectly references other prized acts such as the Beatles, Cheap Trick, T. Rex, and Lush. Those cynics failed to grasp that Stone Temple Pilots were paying homage and having a blast, with even Weiland, then battling serious substance-abuse and legal issues, getting in on the action. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStone Temple Pilots’ skeptics also turned a deaf ear to the records’ stellar pop craftsmanship, sticky hooks, and sly commentary on music-industry machinations and fame. Not to mention the band’s intent, made clear from the outset. 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Originally released on Grisman’s fabled Acoustic Disc label and recorded at his plush studios, the album now sounds even more realistic — with distinctive tones, palpable air, smooth vocals, three-dimensional soundstaging, balanced imaging  and timbral extension that mirror the feeling and experience of hearing live music in a small space. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnadorned with post-production tricks or overdubs, \u003cem\u003eGarcia\/Grisman \u003c\/em\u003ebreathes with naturalism and presence. You will effortlessly detect the full body of the instruments, witness the woody grain textures, and get lost in the surprisingly velvety qualities of Garcia’s lullaby-like singing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePals since the mid-1960s, Garcia and Grisman bonded over their love for traditional folk and bluegrass. The two teamed up amidst what became a gold rush of top-notch productivity and creativity for Garcia. Partnering with bassist Jim Kerwin and percussionist\/fiddler Joe Craven, the pair approaches every passage with innate ease, as if either musician could finish the others sentence. The affable chemistry and soothing interplay wash over a selection of songs as notable for their diversity as the way Garcia and \"Dawg\" turn them into the equivalent of old friends you haven't seen in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExquisite melodies and jewel-shaped notes decorate the simple, convivial structures of tunes that hop, jump, skip, skitter, and bop. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the legendary gypsy-jazz exchanges between Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, and equally sharp. Swirling with Middle Eastern modality, the closing 16-minute-plus rendition of Grisman's rippling \"Arabia\" – complete with a section based on a Cuban fold theme – is alone enough worth the price of admission to this sensational session. 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Peeling away remaining sonic limitations to provide a transparent, lively, ultra-nuanced presentation of a record that won six Grammy Awards – including prizes for Album of the Year, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Song, it places Clapton and company in your room. The expanse and depth of the soundstage, fullness of tones, natural snap and extension of the guitar strings, realistic rise and decay of individual notes, and roll of Clapton's vocals all attain demonstration-grade levels. A perennial audiophile favorite,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnplugged\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003enow tosses its hat into the ring as a demonstration disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. and more than 26 million copies worldwide, the 1992 work resonates with listeners of all generations and speaks a universal language. 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For their final act, they created \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSketches of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a peak moment in each legend's legacy. The transformative album weds Spanish themes, lush orchestrations, romantic timbres, and Davis' lyrical methods in a tender ceremony that resonates more than six decades after its original release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of Mobile Fidelity's Miles Davis catalog restoration series, this numbered-edition hybrid SACD  significantly expands the soundstage that frames the orchestra and digs deep to eradicate a dryness that many critics have found as an anathema to its overall enjoyment. 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Davis' famous Harmon-muted trumpet is complemented by an assortment of bassoons and French horns. Heard together, they create pleasing contrasts and sounds (pp, mf, ppp) that get to what resides at the heart of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSketches of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e: color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeldom, if ever, did Davis ever so expressively and liberally paint with color. And in Evans, he has a likewise-minded partner to help draw out tones, shades, layers, and textures. What they achieved continues to draw praise from the global music community in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanked #358 on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, deemed \"a work of unparalleled grace and lyricism\" by noted scribe J.D. 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From the art-deco cover to a yearning rendition of \"Soldier of Love\" – first covered by the Beatles at a 1963 BBC Session and later turned into a surprise hit by Pearl Jam – Marshall Crenshaw's 1982 debut is a gleeful throwback to rock n' roll's soul, British Invasion, and rockabilly roots. Fans of Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and Weezer will want this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrenshaw's passion for rock's golden era is palpable on every track here, particularly the radio smash \"Someday, Someway,\" breezy \"The Usual Thing,\" and persuasive \"There She Goes Again.\" Resemblances to Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, and the Beatles are by design. Before making the album, Crenshaw had played the role of John Lennon in a road-show revue of Beatlemania and grown weary of the mechanical feel of modern music. 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An obvious return to relative simplicity after the dramatic tension of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRumours \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand experimental ambitions of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTusk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the 1982 album finds the band re-grouping after a brief hiatus and again climbing to the top of the charts. Extremely well-crafted, well-produced, and well-performed, the double-platinum effort distills the group’s hallmark strengths into a filler-free set that never runs short of addictive pop hooks or daft accents. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD presents \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMirage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein reference sound. The efforts co-producers\/engineers Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut went to capture the splintered albeit formidable band can be heard with stunning accuracy, range, depth, and detail. Not to mention it plays with absorbing clarity that helps ensure you don’t miss anything that was captured on tape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRumours \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunderstandably gets a permanent spot in the audiophile hall of fame, the smooth, clear, and dynamic sonics on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMirage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e confirm that the record that stood as Fleetwood Mac’s last effort for five years deserves a place in the same vaunted arena. The presence and imaging of Mick Fleetwood’s percussion alone on this reissue might have you wondering how this slice of soft-rock bliss has gone under-noticed for decades. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike much surrounding Fleetwood Mac in the 1980s, arriving at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMirage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas not easy. Caillat searched for studios located outside of Los Angeles on a mission to change up the vibe of the band’s prior recording sessions. Everyone settled on Le Chateau in France, where relations between some members remained icy — and cooperation with the producers strained. 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The cavity of Charles' instrument, acoustic signatures of the stand-up bass lines, and swish of the percussion are all presented with unfettered realism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blurb\"\u003eTaken from the same three studio gatherings that yielded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Ray Charles\u003c\/i\u003e, the eight tunes here feature the icon pairing with both a trio and a septet. Longtime collaborator David \"Fathead\" Newman plays tenor and alto sax, while trumpeter Joseph Bridgewater and bassist Oscar Pettiford also contribute memorable performances. Hall of Fame producer Quincy Jones handles the arrangements on the bigger-band tracks. 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Not yet two years removed from his critically acclaimed self-titled major-label debut, Zevon had already established a fabled reputation for debauchery and grown more perceptive about the twisted underbelly and self-destructive nature of U.S. politics and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe singer's astuteness – and lethal combination of the personal and public – proves intoxicating.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcitable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes on as a seamless collection of nine hard-boiled stories owing to a tradition established by Raymond Chandler, continued by Hunter S. Thompson, and carried into the 21st century by \"Breaking Bad\" and \"Better Call Saul\" creator Vince Gilligan. We may want to close our eyes and turn away from his reports, but Zevon makes doing so impossible. The protagonists' actions, behaviors, appetites, and decisions are too intriguing and forthright; their impact hits too close to home. We mingle, stare, draw closer. In a perverse way,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcitable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis our shared carnage – a wickedly funny and ever-germane pile of wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNowhere is that more evident than in Zevon's tales involving America's domestic and foreign enterprise. In \"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner,\" co-written with former mercenary David Lindell, Zevon crafts a story of bloodshed, vengeance, and profiteering starring a mercenary who fights in the Congo Crisis only to get exterminated by the CIA because of his killing skills. Yet the soldier of fortune gets the last laugh: Resurrected as a ghost, he slays his assassin, and, like a zombie, roams the landscape for eternity. \"Veracruz\" is similarly sobering and historically rooted. Based on the U.S. occupation of the port city during the Mexican Revolution, Zevon's account – hitched to a gorgeous arrangement – simultaneously offers a sympathetic view of those crushed by U.S. transgressions and functions as a smart take on the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGhosts of the present haunt the title track, a berserk affair sent up with a lively doo-wop chorus and lilting barroom piano. Titled after a nickname friends gave Zevon, \"Excitable Boy\" foreshadowed the government's decision to slash mental health-care budgets and involves the same concepts of privilege explored throughout the record. Speaking of privilege: The cascading \"Lawyers, Guns, and Money\" – written after Zevon and a colleague joked about being bailed out of a precarious situation by Warner Bros. president Joe Smith – addresses personal entitlement and U.S. diplomacy in no uncertain terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIronically, and likely intentionally, Zevon sets up everything by opening the record with its most upbeat and innocuous track, \"Johnny Strikes Up the Band.\" The mid-tempo adrenaline shot turns sadness to joy while suggesting that the material that will follow will adhere to the same vibe. Consider the song Zevon's way of displaying his shrewdness via the sequencing of a long-playing record. 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Opener \"Read About Love\" provides an electric-start jolt, its upbeat tempos, shimmering accents, and massive hooks framing Thompson's amusing story of an inexperienced introvert that applies pop-culture ideas of romance to the real thing. The master wordsmith finds similar ironies in the mischievous intent of \"I Feel So Good,\" a Celtic-flavored tune whose uplifting emotions contrast with the character's out-of-control desires. Humor further wriggles in the jaunty \"Psycho Street\" and spirited \"Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands,\" an enduring tribute to the Scottish accordionist and the pursuit of collecting rare 78 records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe singer-songwriter's knack for accentuating biting contrast – and for delving into darker regions where jealousy, bitterness, and self-deprecation reside – pervades \u003cem\u003eRumor and Sigh\u003c\/em\u003e in the same manner his band shades his every move with narrative skill. 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Crafted by the likes of Songwriters Hall of Fame multi-instrumentalist\/producer Rick Nowels, Heartbreakers organist Benmont Tench, bassist Bob Glaub, jack-of-all-trades Greg Phillinganes, and session-pro guitarists Waddy Watchel, Les Dudek, and Danny Kortchmar — along with another two dozen or so participants — the record spills with diverse ideas, shapes, and moods. Everything is in the right place, as evidenced by the swirling glide and sensual undertow of the slightly funky title track to the snapping rhythmic pace and big hooks of “Imperial Hotel,” one of Nicks’ standout moments. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“What was it she wanted?” Nicks queries on “No Spoken Word,” continuing a theme of contemplation that runs through the narratives. Nicks never lands on a definite answer, but hearing her explore loneliness, love, and the secrets we keep to ourselves proves continuously rewarding. 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It also landed a Top 50 single in the form of the ballad “Lucky Man,” whose vocal harmonies, folksy strumming, multi-tracked instrumentation, and breakthrough Moog solo almost feel quaint in the face of the other fare on the album. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComprised of genre-defying originals and hybrid arrangements of two classical pieces, the album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e originally and rightly said is “best heard as a whole” matches outrageous ambition with the otherworldly skills of three musicians who remain among the finest to ever pick up their respective instruments. While Emerson soon drew the lion’s share of headlines for his ability on keys — clavinet, Moog, piano, Hammond organ, and pipe organ included — Greg Lake’s aptitude on guitar and bass, along with well as Carl Palmer’s monster talents behind the kit, created a three-headed hydra that devoured everything in front of it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat extends to the radical reinterpretation of Bela Bartok’s “The Barbarian” that begins the LP, a performance that in less than four-and-a-half minutes runs the gamut from distorted to churchy to angular and blustery. More classical flourishes, keyboard wizardry, hard-rock heaviness, and gothic signatures emerge throughout “Knife-Edge,” which reimagines music by Leos Janacek and J.S. Bach — and ultimately invites you to explore a cathedral of sound teeming with separate bursts of keys and percussion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd did someone say “drumming”? 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Unsatisfied with the quality of what was supposed to serve as the take for a concert album, ELP booked a different venue to stage another show and paid for production out of their own pocket. Following hours of rehearsals and sound checks, ELP delivered a performance for the ages. 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Once it completed sessions for its sophomore LP, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTarkus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the trio decided to record it for official release. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBolstered by three original additions to the suite and a “Nutrocker” encore that’s a playful rock ‘n’ roll take on Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e simultaneously blurs lines between genres and epitomizes the trio’s virtuosity and verve. Adopting four of the original 10 parts and the two transitory promenade sections, the effort surges with energy, cohesiveness, and extraordinary musicianship. This aural tour of works displayed at a St. Petersburg academy by painter Viktor Hartmann is at once celebratory, theatrical, moody, and glorious. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFans who heard it broadcast in its entirety on a New York radio station immediately realized its merits. 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